Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Siddhartha / Braille

Siddhartha ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

223,609 braille cells · 235 embossed pages at 40×25

⠃⠑⠀⠋⠗⠊⠑⠝⠙⠎⠂⠀⠇⠊⠅⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠕⠃⠑⠽⠂⠀⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠅⠀⠇⠊⠞⠞⠇⠑⠲
⠀⠠⠇⠊⠅⠑⠀⠉⠓⠊⠇⠙⠗⠑⠝⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠏⠑⠕⠏⠇⠑⠲⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠁⠞⠀
⠁⠃⠕⠥⠞⠀⠝⠕⠕⠝⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀⠉⠁⠍⠑⠀⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠀⠁⠀⠧⠊⠇⠇⠁⠛⠑⠲⠀
⠠⠊⠝⠀⠋⠗⠕⠝⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠍⠥⠙⠀⠉⠕⠞⠞⠁⠛⠑⠎⠂⠀⠀⠉⠓⠊⠇⠙⠗⠑⠝
⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠗⠕⠇⠇⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠃⠕⠥⠞⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠞⠗⠑⠑⠞⠂⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀
⠏⠇⠁⠽⠊⠝⠛⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠀⠏⠥⠍⠏⠅⠊⠝⠤⠎⠑⠑⠙⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
⠎⠑⠁⠤⠎⠓⠑⠇⠇⠎⠂⠀⠎⠉⠗⠑⠁⠍⠑⠙⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠗⠑⠎⠞⠇⠑⠙⠂⠀⠃⠥⠞⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠀⠞⠊⠍⠊⠙⠇⠽⠀⠋⠇⠑⠙⠀⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠥⠝⠅⠝⠕⠺⠝⠀
⠠⠎⠁⠍⠁⠝⠁⠲⠀⠠⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠝⠙⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠧⠊⠇⠇⠁⠛⠑⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑
⠀⠀⠏⠁⠞⠓⠀⠇⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠀⠁⠀⠎⠞⠗⠑⠁⠍⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠃⠽⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠎⠊⠙⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠞⠗⠑⠁⠍⠂⠀⠁⠀⠽⠕⠥⠝⠛⠀⠺⠕⠍⠁⠝⠀⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀
⠅⠝⠑⠑⠇⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠁⠎⠓⠊⠝⠛⠀⠉⠇⠕⠞⠓⠑⠎⠲⠀⠠⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀
⠠⠎⠊⠙⠙⠓⠁⠗⠞⠓⠁⠀⠛⠗⠑⠑⠞⠑⠙⠀⠓⠑⠗⠂⠀⠎⠓⠑⠀⠀⠇⠊⠋⠞⠑⠙⠀⠓⠑⠗
⠀⠓⠑⠁⠙⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠇⠕⠕⠅⠑⠙⠀⠥⠏⠀⠞⠕⠀⠓⠊⠍⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠁⠀⠎⠍⠊⠇⠑⠂
⠀⠎⠕⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠎⠁⠺⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠺⠓⠊⠞⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀⠓⠑⠗⠀⠑⠽⠑⠎⠀
⠛⠇⠊⠎⠞⠑⠝⠊⠝⠛⠲⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠉⠁⠇⠇⠑⠙⠀⠕⠥⠞⠀⠁⠀⠃⠇⠑⠎⠎⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠕
⠀⠓⠑⠗⠂⠀⠁⠎⠀⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠥⠎⠞⠕⠍⠀⠁⠍⠕⠝⠛⠀
⠞⠗⠁⠧⠑⠇⠇⠑⠗⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠎⠅⠑⠙⠀⠓⠕⠺⠀⠋⠁⠗⠀⠓⠑⠀⠎⠞⠊⠇⠇⠀
⠓⠁⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠛⠕⠀⠞⠕⠀⠀⠗⠑⠁⠉⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠇⠁⠗⠛⠑⠀⠉⠊⠞⠽⠲⠀
⠠⠞⠓⠑⠝⠀⠎⠓⠑⠀⠛⠕⠞⠀⠥⠏⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠉⠁⠍⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠓⠊⠍⠂⠀
⠃⠑⠁⠥⠞⠊⠋⠥⠇⠇⠽⠀⠓⠑⠗⠀⠀⠺⠑⠞⠀⠍⠕⠥⠞⠓⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀
⠎⠓⠊⠍⠍⠑⠗⠊⠝⠛⠀⠊⠝⠀⠓⠑⠗⠀⠽⠕⠥⠝⠛⠀⠋⠁⠉⠑⠲⠀⠠⠎⠓⠑⠀
⠑⠭⠉⠓⠁⠝⠛⠑⠙⠀⠓⠥⠍⠕⠗⠕⠥⠎⠀⠀⠃⠁⠝⠞⠑⠗⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠓⠊⠍⠂⠀
⠁⠎⠅⠑⠙⠀⠺⠓⠑⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠓⠑⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀⠑⠁⠞⠑⠝⠀⠁⠇⠗⠑⠁⠙⠽⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
⠺⠓⠑⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠊⠞⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠀⠞⠗⠥⠑⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠎⠁⠍⠁⠝⠁⠎⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.